Latest Awards & Recognition

WCU received three awards – one for a diversity program and two for a membership drive for the Catamount Club – during the recent District III competition of the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education.

With a trio of Western Carolina University faculty members currently engaged in individual research projects around the world through the Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program, the university has landed on a just-published list recognizing the program’s “top-producing institutions” for 2017-18.

Western Carolina University’s Winford “Windy” Gordon and Beth Moore were honored during a recent home basketball game for their selection as WCU’s representatives on the All-Southern Conference Faculty and Staff Team.

Brian Byrd, an associate professor in Western Carolina University’s Environmental Health Program, has received a prestigious statewide award for his work in protecting the public from mosquito-borne pathogens.

The 2018 Faculty Scholarship Celebration at Western Carolina University was held Tuesday, Feb. 13, to recognize creative and academic works by faculty and staff, and featured announcements of award and grant recipients.

Western Carolina University’s 29th annual Faculty Scholarship Celebration will be held Tuesday, Feb. 13, from 4:30 to 6 p.m. in the Conference Room of Blue Ridge Hall with recognition of creative and academic works by faculty and staff.

Students seeking degrees in the emergency medical care field at Western Carolina University will now have some help paying the cost of their educations, thanks to a pledge of $1.035 million from a Durham husband and wife establishing an endowed scholarship fund in honor of their late daughter.

Vittal Anantatmula, professor and director of Western Carolina University’s Master of Project Management Program, was selected to receive a 2018 Endeavor Executive Fellowship, allowing him to conduct research at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology in Australia.